Aaron Toponce ⚛️Apr 30, 2023

It's kind of hilarious to me how toxic the word "telemetry" has become. Don't get me wrong, the ad tracking industry has ruined it for everyone. However

Firefox users: Disable telemetry! It's an enemy to your privacy!
Mozilla: We removed a feature no one was using due to a lack of telemetry data.
Firefox users: I use it all the time! Why are you bad at this!

1Password users: I trust AgileBits to safely handle my data.
AgileBits: We added telemetry.
1Password users: Why do you hate my privacy?!

Show threadDookieApr 30, 2023
@atoponce mozilla shouldnt remove features because theyre not often used. i still need them sometimes.
Show threadAaron Toponce ⚛️
@dookie I disagree. Mainitaing a large complex piece of software like Firefox does not come for free. Mozilla needs to know what priorities to spend time working on. When it's clear via telemetry that certain features are net being utilized as initially planned, they definitely should make the choice on whether to maintain it or remove it.
Apr 30, 2023 at 8:56pmWeb
Show threadJuniperApr 30, 2023
@atoponce @dookie extensions could recreate functionality anyways couldn't they
Show threadAaron Toponce ⚛️Apr 30, 2023
@jaiden @dookie Yeah Probably depends on the functionality. I'm sure there some deep stuff that extensions don't have access to. Not sure.
Show threadDookieApr 30, 2023
@atoponce google is paying them hundreds of millions per year to make sure money isn't a concern